Comments on: MILF Sets Ancestral Domain Pact Signing on August 25, Not Tomorrow

By: » Explainer BJE: Peace in our time?

» Explainer BJE: Peace in our time? — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:40:43 +0000

[...] Veteran newsman Ding Gagelonia, who has a blog called At Midfield and who also blogs at FilipinoVoices.com, noticed this article and reported on it. Here’s his entry. [...]

By: DJB Rizalist

DJB Rizalist — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:28:12 +0000

Ding, I've been looking at the posts on Luwaran dot com and it seems you may have misinterpreted a typographical error? Here is the August 4, 2008 post on that website: "In what is considered as the most significant and historic event that ever happened in the annals of the 11-year old GRP-MILF Peace Talks, the MILF has sent some 50 persons including its peace panel, secretariat, technical committee, and representatives of its nominated non-government organizations (NGOs) to the formal signing ceremony of the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) in Putrajaya, Selangor, Malaysia August 25." I think they meant to put August 5 not August 25. The rest of the post doesn't talk about any "postponement" at all!

By: Manuel L. Quezon III

Manuel L. Quezon III — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:26:37 +0000

[...] because before the Supremes’ intervention was even reported, Ding Gagelonia was reporting MILF Sets Ancestral Domain Pact Signing on August 25, Not Tomorrow in his [...]

By: Current » Peace in our time?

Current » Peace in our time? — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:25:18 +0000

[...] Interesting! Because prior to the Supremes’ intervention, Ding Gagelonia was reporting MILF Sets Ancestral Domain Pact Signing on August 25, Not Tomorrow in his [...]

By: mark

mark — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:34:35 +0000

This GRP-MILF peace agreement has one hidden agenda, which is to force the issue of amending the 1987 Constitution for a shift to parliamentary form of government and perpetually prolong the term of present Malacanang occupant. While the negotiators thought that they did an excellent job to satisfy their boss in Malacanang, they did not totally and deeply analyze the far reaching consequences of giving in to the demands of the MILF. It will end up with the MILF declaring itself as belligerent state which will open up the gate for other groups and provinces to claim the same rights and autonomy on the ground of being their ancestral domain.

Will not the MNLF also claim the same privileges and rights granted to MILF? How about those non-Muslims who have lands and businesses covered by the territory of MILF? Will they simply surrender their properties to the MILF as they know that the MILF will slowly ease them out once the former gain control of their territory? Worse, with that move, have they seen the specter of divisions being created with the ethnic and non-ethnic Muslims/Non-Muslims duplicating what MILF did?